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Continuing Education

Advanced Clinical Skills

Browse our extensive list of articles and interviews that offer continuing education credits. If you are ready to refine your search now, use our left navigation to browse by Approach, Therapeutic Issue, Population or Interviewee.
"When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad I'm better": A New Mantra for Psychotherapists
by Barry Duncan, PhD and Scott Miller, PhD
Barry Duncan and Scott Miller provide a comprehensive summary of the Outcome-Informed, Client-Directed approach and a detailed, practical overview of its application in clinical practice.
EARN 2.0 CREDITS



Therapeutic Alliance, Focus, and Formulation: Thinking Beyond the Traditional Therapy Orientations
by Robert-Jay Green
The main elements of successful therapy include a positive therapeutic alliance, a clear focus, a coherent problem formulation, and improvised techniques—not a particular theoretical orientation.
EARN 1.0 CREDIT



Self-Help Snake Oil and Self-Improvement Urban Legends
by Steven Kraus
A psychologist's skeptical look at the science (or lack thereof) behind much of the self-help industry,
EARN 1.0 CREDIT



Supershrinks: What is the secret of their success?
by Barry Duncan, PhD and Scott Miller, PhD
Clients of the best therapists improve at a rate at least 50-percent higher and drop out at a rate at least 50-percent lower than those of average clinicians. What is the key to superior performance?
EARN 1.5 CREDITS



Resistant Clients: We've All Had Them; Here's How to Help Them!
by Clifton Mitchell
Encountering resistance is likely evidence that therapy is taking place. In fact, successful psychotherapy is highly related to increases in resistance, and low resistance corresponds with negative outcomes.
EARN 1.0 CREDIT



Clinical Wisdom: A Psychoanalyst Learns from his Mistakes
by Herbert Rabin
Dr. Rabin shares lessons culled from 40 years of psychotherapy teaching and practice.
EARN 1.0 CREDIT



The Man with the Beautiful Voice
by Lillian B. Rubin
Lillian Rubin's moving account of her challenging psychotherapy with a man struggling with his disability. Reprinted from the book of the same title.
EARN 1.5 CREDITS



Tyranny of Niceness: A Psychotherapeutic Challenge
by Evelyn Sommers
Dr. Sommers discusses the prevalent problem of cultural silencing called "niceness," and offers case studies and advice for addressing associated client issues of anxiety and helplessness.
EARN 1.0 CREDIT



When the Therapist Leaves: A Personal Account of an Unusual Termination
by Amy Urdang
A psychotherapist explores client-therapist boundaries and termination issues in a particularly intensive course of therapy.
EARN 1.0 CREDIT



What Do We Believe and Whom Do We Trust?
by Jeffrey Kottler
We all know that clients may withhold critical information, but what do we do when they deliberately lie? Jeffrey Kottler explores this in an excerpt from his latest book, The Assassin and the Therapist: An Exploration of Truth in Psychotherapy and in Life.
EARN 1.0 CREDIT



The Psychiatric Repression of Thomas Szasz: Its Social and Political Significance
by Ron Leifer
Psychiatrist Ron Leifer gives a compelling account of the historical context of Thomas Szasz's career as the leading critic of the medical model of psychiatry, along with its implications for the profession of psychiatry and for free thought and speech in the United States.
EARN 1.0 CREDIT



How Therapists Fail: Why Too Many Clients Drop Out of Therapy Prematurely
by Bernard Schwartz, PhD and John Flowers, PhD
If we could learn from all of our less-than-optimal therapy outcomes, we'd really acquire some true clinical wisdom.  Here are some practical tips to increase your odds of success.
EARN 1.0 CREDIT



It's Over Now: Termination and Countertransference
by Melissa Groman
A therapist explores the complex feelings that arise when a client terminates abruptly.
EARN 1.0 CREDIT



Working in the Here-and-Now of the Therapeutic Relationship
by Nancy Gunzberg
Working in the here-and-now of the therapeutic relationship requires therapists to be fully engaged, and take risks in revealing themselves. But utilizing the transference and counter-transference makes for rewarding and powerful therapy.
EARN 1.0 CREDIT



Larry Beutler on Science and Psychotherapy
Larry Beutler discusses how to incorporate scientific findings into psychotherapy practice and teaching, and what horse training has to do with any of this.
EARN 2.0 CREDITS



Nick Cummings on the Past and Future of Psychotherapy
The founder of the first professional school of psychology, visionary, and gadfly Nick Cummings reflects on the history and predicts the future of psychotherapy.
EARN 2.0 CREDITS



Thomas Szasz on Freedom and Psychotherapy
The foremost psychiatric critic of our times, Thomas Szasz, engages in an in-depth dialogue of his life's work including freedom and liberty, the myth of mental illness, drug laws, the fragile state of psychotherapy, and his passion for humanistic values and social justice.
EARN 1.5 CREDITS



Owen Renik on Practical Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
Renegade psychoanalyst Owen Renegade argues that psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy can and must be practical.
EARN 3.0 CREDITS